> Tom, I would urge inclusion of the observation that the USA public
> office electorial context is, as you've pointed out, 'winner take
> all' rather than proportional and, as I'll remind, vote counting is
> broken (dishonest even before electronics)
>
> Sans established party (Demo/Repub) 'machinery' (used to be things
> like poll watchers before e-voting) to off-set vote tally fraud,
> statagies that compromise principled advocacy (evangilising?) for the
> sake of ballot 'sucsess' are delusional, imo.
>
> CONSISTENCY to a universal libertarianism (aka: liberty & justice for
> ALL) builds upon what gives people hope. It expands the universe of
> political discourse. That makes it possible for conventional
> politics to 'colonize' positions once considered too 'radical' And
> that helps libertarianism to become 'public policy'
That's a very good argument for changing the Libertarian Party into
the Libertarian Society or the Libertarian Institute. I have no
problem with those who conclude that electoral politics is irrelevant,
or that the system is broken or rigged beyond utility, etc.
That doesn't change the fact that the Libertarian Party claims to be,
and postures as, a political party. It should either function as a
political party, or stop pretending to be one. There's a name for
putting water in bottles and labeling it "wine." That name is "false
advertising."
Regards,
Tom
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